# People of the Sengoku period in popular culture

Many significant Japanese historical people of the Sengoku period appear in works of popular culture such as anime, manga, and video games. This article presents information on references to several historical people in such works.

## Akechi Mitsuhide

Akechi Mitsuhide is featured in various fictional works, mostly as a villain.
* He is the protagonist of 2020 NHK taiga drama Kirin ga Kuru, portrayed by Hiroki Hasegawa.
* He is featured in Capcom's Onimusha as Samanosuke Akechi's uncle/relative, as well as Onimusha Tactics, as a playable character.
* Mitsuhide is one of the playable characters in Koei's Samurai Warriors series. He wields a katana, using techniques from the sword school of Iaido. The first game depicts him having a very close relationship with Mori Ranmaru, while in the second he is closer to Oda Nobunaga. He also appears in the Warriors Orochi spin-off series as a starting character in the "Samurai"/"Sengoku" story lines, as well as the spinoff series Samurai Warriors Katana.
* He is featured as a playable character in Sengoku Basara, where he is portrayed as a sadistic psychopath who wields dual scythes, and enjoys killing his opponents. His counterpart in Devil Kings is known as the "Reaper". He appears in Sengoku Basara 3 in a new costume as well as a mask concealing his mouth, under a new name of "Tenkai".
* Mitsuhide plays a part in Konami's video game Demon Chaos.
* In Eiji Yoshikawa's novel Taiko ki (released in English as Taiko: An Epic Novel of War and Glory in Feudal Japan), Mitsuhide is emotionally abused by Nobunaga, who calls him by the nickname "kumquat head".
* In Koei's video game Kessen III, he is portrayed as an ally turned main villain through the game; this is because Oda Nobunaga is portrayed as the hero and unifier of Japan.
* In Hikaru no Go, a character named Yuki Mitani plays Mitsuhide in a school play.
* In the manga series Tenjho Tenge, the character Sōhaku Kago initially went by the name Akechi Mitsuhide, and killed Oda Nobunaga by decapitation. He then faked his death and became the High Buddhist priest called Tenkai, manipulating the Tokugawa from within.
* In the James Clavell historical novel Shōgun, the character of "Akechi Jinsai" is a pastiche of Mitsuhide.
* Akechi Mitsuhide is one of few captains who have non-generic faces in the eroge Sengoku Rance. He can be replaced with his daughter Hosokawa Gracia, after doing two of his events using Rance's satisfaction points.
* In the anime series Sengoku Otome: Momoiro Paradox, Mitsuhide is portrayed as a gender-switched version of himself, played by Eri Kitamura.
* In the anime series The Ambition of Oda Nobuna, Mitsuhide is portrayed as a female protagonist serving Oda Nobuna.
* In Drifters, he appears as a member of the Ends voiced by Sho Hayami.
* In Pokémon Conquest Mitsuhide appears as a warlord, with Lapras as his partner and later Articuno.
* Mitsuhide is a playable character in the social romance sim Samurai Love Ballad (天下統一恋の乱 Love Ballad) produced by Voltage (company).
* Mitsuhide is a playable character in the visual novel game Ikemen Sengoku; Romances Across Time, produced by Cybird. He is voiced by Shunsuke Takeuchi.
* In the manga series Hyouge Mono, Mitsuhide is portrayed as a sympathetic and tragic character.
* In Oda Cinnamon Nobunaga, Mitsuhide is reincarnated in modern-day Japan as a chipmunk nicknamed "Lis".
* In Yasuke, he is depicted largely negatively, as the protagonist was a loyal retainer to Oda Nobunaga.
* In the visual novel game and anime series Sengoku Night Blood, Mitsuhide is featured as a playable character, where he is portrayed as a vampire, who is a kind, gentlemanly thinker in the Oda army, and mainly serves as an information relayer and reporter to Oda Nobunaga. He is voiced by Nobunaga Shimazaki.
* He appears as an antagonist briefly in Nioh 2 before changing his name to Tenkei and becoming a supporting character after betraying Oda Nobunaga during the Honnō-ji Incident, where Nobunaga dies.
** He also appears as a supporting character in Nioh where his original identity is unknown until late in the game. His guardian spirit is a half tortoise-half snake spirit, representing balance of light and darkness.
* He appears as a non-playable character in Fate/Grand Order as a Caster-class Servant, especially in the GUDAGUDA events. He expresses extreme hate against Toyotomi Hideyoshi.

## Azai Nagamasa

* Azai Nagamasa makes appearances as a general in the Main Campaign and in various historical battles and historical campaigns in the strategy game Shogun Total War.
* Nagamasa is a featured playable character in the video game series Samurai Warriors, which depicts him as an honorable man who will stop at nothing to ensure that his notions of justice are enforced. He is depicted with his traditional kabuto helmet and carries a lance as his weapon of choice. He is also present in the spinoffs Samurai Warriors Katana and Warriors Orochi.
* Nagamasa is a non-player character in Sengoku Basara 2, along with Oichi, but becomes playable in the expansion Sengoku Basara 2: Heroes. He wields a long sword and carries a shield with him. He is portrayed as a justice-loving man and his army is just like him.
** In the anime version of Sengoku Basara, Nagamasa is killed when Mitsuhide Akechi's arquebus corps shoot through him to kill Masamune Date.
* Two of the captains who have generic faces in the eroge Sengoku Rance are named where they take the names "Azai Nagamasa" and "Asai Nagamasa".
* Nagamasa is a boss in the game Nioh 2 as he grows jealous of his brother-in-law, Oda Nobunaga and betrays him after becoming corrupted by using the Spirit Stones (Amrita). His boss form is human with bird-like wings and uses a sword and the water element. His guardian spirit is a two-headed bird.

## Chōsokabe Motochika

* Motochika is a playable character from Samurai Warriors 2 Xtreme Legends onwards, where he wields a shamisen, sports a Glam rock-inspired appearance, and refers to himself as "The Bat King", due to Nobunaga historically referring to him as a "the bat who refuses to fly away from its home". He also appears in Warriors Orochi 2, Samurai Warriors 2, and Samurai Warriors 2 Empires.
* In Total War: Shogun 2, he is the daimyō of the Chōsokabe Clan.
* Motochika appears in the anime and video games Sengoku Basara as a sea-faring pirate and is loved by his crew, who calls him "Aniki" (Big Brother). His ability was fire-based and armed himself with a ship anchor spear fastened with a chain.
* He is a playable character in Pokémon Conquest (Pokémon + Nobunaga's Ambition in Japan), with his partner Pokémon being Dewott and later Samurott.

## Date Masamune

* The helmet of Date Masamune was an inspiration for the costume of Darth Vader of the Star Wars trilogy.
* Date Masamune has been featured in several video games including Koei's video game Kessen series (where he is a relatively minor officer), and Inindo: Way of the Ninja as the daimyō of the Rikuchu province.
* In Samurai Warriors, Date Masamune is depicted as a young and hot-headed ruler who chaotically interrupts the battles of other warlords, usually attacking multiple armies at once. His weapon in the first game is a pair of bokken; in the second, he wields a western-style sabre and a pair of pistols. Masamune also appears in the related series Warriors Orochi.
* In the manga series Samurai Deeper Kyo, Date Masamune (referred to in the series by his childhood name, Bontenmaru) is a member of the Shiseiten and former follower/rival of the main character Kyo. In the series, he is depicted as a tall, muscular, and physically imposing man with a heart of gold. Like his historical version, he wields a wooden sword as his primary weapon and can perform incredible feats of swordsplay with it, but is an even stronger fighter when unarmed. As a member of the Shiseiten, he goes by the name "Bontenmaru".
* In the anime series Yoroiden Samurai Troopers, the character Date Seiji is a descendant of Date Masamune. Seiji wears his hair covering one eye, and is at one point asked by Hashiba Touma if he does so because he is related to the One-Eyed Dragon.
* Capcom's highly successful hack-&-slash series Sengoku Basara, includes Date Masamune as one of the main characters. In Basara, a distinguishing trait of Date Masamune is his usage of Japanese-style English, or Engrish. Masamune is portrayed as a brazen young lord bent on having fun while conquering the country, dressed in blue and black with a tsuba as an eyepatch over his right eye as well as the historically accurate golden arc on his kabuto. He is also known in-game by his nickname, the One-Eyed Dragon (Dokuganryu). He is also depicted in a constant rivalry relationship with Sanada Yukimura, although there is no clear historical record to suggest such a relationship ever existed. He was shown having 6 Katanas which he uses simultaneously.
* Masamune also appears in the strategy game Shogun: Total War as a general in the Uesugi army but not until later in the game (around 1580). He also appears as the leader of the Date Clan in the Samurai Warlords Mod (aka the Shogun Mod) for Medieval Total War.
* He is also one of the Leaders (a class of Samurai) in Throne of Darkness.
* Date Masamune was also the main subject of the Japanese network NHK's taiga drama Dokuganryū Masamune (One-eyed Dragon, Masamune) in 1987, starring Ken Watanabe as Masumune. To-date, this series is the highest rated NHK Taiga drama.
* In the Thomas Harris's novel Hannibal Rising, Hannibal Lecter's aunt, Lady Murasaki, is said to be a descendant of Date Masamune. It is one of Masamune's swords that Lecter uses to commit his first murder by killing a butcher named Paul Momund for insulting Lady Murasaki because she is Japanese.
* In Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties, Daimyō Date Masamune is available as a daimyō unit. In the game, he is available with Shogunate wonder, only for Japanese civilization. Daimyōs can receive shipments and train troops, while they are a powerful hand cavalry unit. They also provide an attack boost to nearby troops.
* In the eroge Sengoku Rance, the youkai king of Oushuu is Dokuganryuu Masamune. "Dokuganryuu" is "One-Eyed style" and also the nickname of Date Masamune, "One-Eyed Dragon".
* Masamune also makes an appearance in several smaller manga series such as Brave 10 and Neo Dragoon, as he is a popular figure within Japanese history and culture.
* Date Masamune also appears in Sengoku Otome: Momoiro Paradox as a gender-switched version of his real-life self
* A hat similar to the Kabuto worn by Date Masamune is obtainable in Team Fortress 2, called the "Samur-Eye". It is wearable by the Demoman, who is also missing an eye.
* In the recent video-game spin-off anime series, Sengoku Paradise Kiwami, Date Masamune is dressed in purple outfit instead of blue.
* In the Young Samurai book series the ninja Dokuganryu is based on Date Masamune.
* In the manga Oda Cinnamon Nobunaga, Masamune is reincarnated in modern-day Japan as a French bulldog named "Boo".
His voice actor, Kakihara Tetsuya also sang the opening song 「リターン乱世独眼竜」 "Ritān Ransei Dokuganryuu", which is related to his nickname 'Dokuganryuu'.
* Professional wrestler DJ Nira wrestled as Masamune for the Dramatic Dream Team promotion on February 10, 2013.
* He is a playable character in Pokémon Conquest (Pokémon + Nobunaga's Ambition in Japan), with his partner Pokémon being Rufflet and later Braviary.His Warrior skill, One-Eyed Dragon, refers to his historical nickname.
* In Nioh, Masamune is a central antagonist of the first DLC expansion, Dragon of the North. He becomes an ally to the player in the other DLCs, Defiant Honor and Bloodshed's End. He uses dual swords, along with wind and water elements. His 2 guardian spirits are a one-eyed dragon and a fish-human hybrid.
* Masamune is a playable character in the social romance sim Samurai Love Ballad (天下統一恋の乱 Love Ballad) produced by Voltage (company).
* Masamune is a playable character in the visual novel game Ikemen Sengoku; Romances Across Time, produced by Cybird.

## Hattori Hanzō

* Hattori Hanzō appears in various movies, including Shadow Warriors (1980), Goemon, Shinobi: Heart Under Blade, and Castle of Owls.
* Hattori Hanzō and characters inspired by him are also featured in various manga and anime series, including Basilisk, Naruto, Brave 10, Samurai Deeper Kyou, Oda Nobuna no Yabou, Tenkaichi Nihon Saikyo Bugeisha Ketteisen, Ninja Hattori-kun, Hunter x hunter, and One Piece.
* Hattori Hanzō is an NPC and boss in Nioh series.
* Hattori Hanzō is a playable character in Samurai Shodown series.
* In Sengoku Basara, Hattori Hanzō is a bodyguard NPC.
* In The Battle Cats, Hattori Hanzō can be unlocked through the Rare Cat Capsules during the Sengoku Wargods Vajiras gacha event as an Uber Super Rare unit.
* Hattori Hanzō is a playable character in Samurai Warriors video game series.

## Honda Tadakatsu

* Honda Tadakatsu appears in numerous Japanese jidaigeki that show the rise of the Tokugawa to power. He is a minor role in Akira Kurosawa's movie Kagemusha.
* Honda Tadakatsu also appears in the video game Kessen and in the Samurai Warriors series, in which he is in almost every way the equivalent of Lu Bu of the Dynasty Warriors series: extremely powerful, with his own theme music which plays when he is engaged in battle by the player character, and trying to fight him alone usually results in death.
* In Onimusha 3, he is one of Akechi Samanousuke's allies in defeating Oda Nobunaga.
* In Sengoku Basara, he appears to be part machine and wield a giant drill. An unspeaking giant, Tadakatsu moves by way of jet packs in his armor, and is extremely hard to defeat.
* Tadakatsu appears in Samurai Warriors Xtreme Legends and Samurai Warriors 2, as well as the spinoff games Samurai Warriors Katana and Warriors Orochi.
* Honda Tadakatsu is one of the five raccoon dog captains of the Tokugawa clan ruled by Tokugawa Ieyasu, the raccoon dog youkai, in the eroge Sengoku Rance.
* He is a playable character in Pokémon Conquest (Pokémon + Nobunaga's Ambition in Japan), with his partner Pokémon being Metagross and later Dialga.
* Tadakatsu appears as a minor character in the social romance sim Samurai Love Ballad (天下統一恋の乱 Love Ballad) produced by Voltage (company).
* Tadakatsu appears as a supporting character in Nioh, first fighting William while being infected by Amrita and later aiding his lord in later campaigns. He uses a spear and the earth element. His guardian spirit is a deer.
** He also appears in the sequel Nioh 2, once again as a supporting character, a sparring partner for the player in some missions. He uses a spear and the lightning element, with his guardian spirit remaining as a deer.
* Tadakatsu is a supporting character in the light novel and manga series Sengoku Komachi Kurōtan, serving as a potential romantic interest for the main character.

## Hosokawa Gracia

As a samurai wife or other invented roles, Hosokawa Gracia frequently appears as a character in Japanese historical fiction, both novels and drama. One website lists her as a character in over 40 stage dramas, movies, TV dramas (etc.) from 1887 to 2006. She is also frequently referred to in popular writing or talks on the history of the period.
* A work that has been translated into English is Ayako Miura's novel, Hosokawa Garasha Fujin (English title: Lady Gracia: a Samurai Wife's Love, Strife and Faith), which follows history fairly closely.
* James Clavell used Gracia as the model for the character of Mariko in his novel Shōgun, which was later adapted for television as a miniseries. Elements of Mariko's story follows Gracia's quite closely, although the manner of her death is different and the two characters do not fundamentally have anything in common.
* A very heavily fictionalized Gracia also appears in Futaro Yamada's novel Makai Tensho, as a sidekick to Amakusa Shirō Tokisada.
* In the video game Kessen, there is a cut-scene depicting Gracia dying heroically because her religion (Christianity) forbade her to commit suicide.
* Gracia is her father Akechi Mitsuhide's replacing general in the eroge Sengoku Rance, after doing two of Mitsuhide's events using Rance's satisfaction points.
* Gracia is among the playable characters included in Koei's Samurai Warriors 2 Xtreme Legends and Warriors Orochi 2.
* She is a playable character in Pokémon Conquest (Pokémon + Nobunaga's Ambition in Japan), with her partner Pokémon being Gothorita and later Gothitelle.

## Imagawa Yoshimoto

* As a young man, Imagawa Yoshimoto is a playable character in the Koei action game Samurai Warriors: Xtreme Legends, as well as in Kessen III, an action-strategy game. Both games depict Imagawa as a childish dandy, although Samurai Warriors takes this to an extreme by giving him a kemari (a Japanese kickball), which he uses as a weapon (though he used a generic sword in the original Samurai Warriors game). In Samurai Warriors 2, Yoshimoto is only mentioned and shown impaled to death within his palanquin by Nobunaga's spearmen. However, in Samurai Warriors 2: Xtreme Legends, Yoshimoto is given an updated appearance and additional moves. He also appears in Samurai Warriors 3, Samurai Warriors Katana, Warriors Orochi, and Warriors Orochi 2.
* Yoshimoto is also featured as an unplayable character in the Japanese video game Sengoku Basara, as well as the sequel (he becomes playable in Sengoku Basara 2: Heroes). In the anime, he was portrayed as a coward, weak and a pathetic leader that uses his men as scapegoats to save himself, but he was killed by Oda Nobunaga.
* In the translation of Path of the Assassin, a Dark Horse Comics translation of Hanzo no Mon, which focuses on Tokugawa Ieyasu and Hattori Hanzō's perspectives, Yoshimoto is viewed more positively (perhaps ironically, compared to Nobunaga) and even decides during the Okehazama campaign to replace Ujizane with Ieyasu (then Matsudaira Motoyasu) as his heir, though dying before doing so.
* Imagawa Yoshimoto is the name of the man who has disguised himself as the Hanny King who rules a province full of haniwa in the eroge Sengoku Rance.
* He also appears briefly in the short manga Kacchu no Senshi Gamu by Yoshihiro Takahashi.
* Yoshimoto appears as a gender-switched character in Sengoku Otome: Momoiro Paradox.
* In Sengoku Basara, he was portrayed as a coward general that attacks with puny force, retreating further and using his subordinates as decoys by raising them as the same rank. He is also shown with facial make-up, carrying a folded fan and moving like a kabuki performer.
* He is a playable character in Pokémon Conquest (Pokémon + Nobunaga's Ambition in Japan), with his partner Pokémon being Pineco and later Forretress. He was portrayed as an innocent dandy who likes the game Pokémari, which is based on kemari.
* He is a non-playable character in Inazuma Eleven GO 2: Chrono Stone.
* In Oda Cinnamon Nobunaga, Yoshimoto is reincarnated in modern-day Japan as a Dachshund nicknamed "Gilbert".
* Yoshimoto is a playable character in the Japanese version of the visual novel game Ikemen Sengoku; Romances Across Time, produced by Cybird. He has been added to the English version but is as yet not playable.
* He appears as a boss in Nioh 2 as the first human boss due to the player helping Oda Nobunaga in his campaign to unite Japan. He uses a naginata and dual swords, along with the lightning element. He spirit guardian takes the form of six-tusked elephant.

## Ishida Mitsunari

* The story of James Clavell's novel Shōgun is based on the strife between Ishida Mitsunari (called Ishido in the novel) and Tokugawa (Toranaga) over the Taiko's son, Toyotomi Hideyori.
* He was portrayed by Hiro Kanagawa in the 2008 BBC docudrama Heroes and Villains, centering on the Battle of Sekigahara.
* Mitsunari also appears as one of the main characters of Koei's Kessen. He is the first of three commanders under the Toyotomi forces depicted opposing Tokugawa Ieyasu. Whether or not he survives the Battle of Sekigahara and defeats Ieyasu depends on the Player's actions.
* Mitsunari is a villain in Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties campaign. In the Japanese campaign, players must kill him in order to win and unify Japan.
* He appears in Koei's Samurai Warriors 2, as a cold and sarcastic man who, despite his devotion to his lord Toyotomi Hideyoshi, alienates many of his peers with his attitude. He also appears in the sequel with an updated character design and a closer friendship to Kato Kiyomasa, and in the spin-off series, Samurai Warriors Katana.
* In Capcom's Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams, Mitsunari is the host of the Genma Cladius and serves as a major antagonist for most of the game.
* Mitsunari is the lead character in Koei's DS game Saihai no Yukue.
* In the Japanese eroge Sengoku Hime, the character "Ishida Futanari" is a parody of Ishida Mitsunari
* Mitsunari appears in Capcom's Sengoku Basara 3, as a man with white hair wielding a katana, able to slash his foes with inhuman speed and uses Iaido. He shows an immense hatred towards Tokugawa Ieyasu for the death of his mentor, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, although in Sengoku Basara: The Last Party, he hates Date Masamune more than Ieyasu, blaming him for his mentor's death.
* Mitsunari also appears in the Goemon movie. He is a retainer to Lord Hideyoshi but secretly has his own ambitions to overthrow his master. He was killed at Sekigahara by Goemon which prompts his army to retreat.
* In the Strategy game Shogun 2 Total War, he is one of the generals in the Sekigahara Historical Battle
* Professional wrestler Danshoku Dino wrestled as Ishida Mitsunari for the Dramatic Dream Team promotion on February 10, 2013.
* He is a playable character in Pokémon Conquest (Pokémon + Nobunaga's Ambition in Japan), with his partner Pokémon being Pawniard and later Bisharp. He is straightforward and cold, but is actually a good person and never forgets a favor done for him. He has a friendship with the other two warlords Kiyomasa and Masanori. The trio are depict as pre-teens in the game.
* Mitsunari is a playable character in the social romance sim Samurai Love Ballad (天下統一恋の乱 Love Ballad) produced by Voltage (company).
* Mitsunari is a playable character in the visual novel game Ikemen Sengoku; Romances Across Time, produced by Cybird.
* Mitsunari is one of the primary antagonists in Nioh, having allied with Edward Kelley in order to gain power to fend off the Tokugawa forces. He uses a sword and the wind element. His guardian spirit is a fox.

## Izumo no Okuni

Unlike her role in history, Izumo no Okuni's appearances in fiction often portray her as a fictional besshikime (別式女), a capable fighter skilled with weapons and magic.
* She is a playable character in Koei's Samurai Warriors series as a fighter using a parasol. As the game portrays her having a flirty personality, she is the cause of competition between Maeda Keiji and Ishikawa Goemon. In Samurai Warriors 2, she is a special character who is unlocked by clearing the Sugoroku game. She additionally appears in the spin-off series Warriors Orochi.
* In the manga and anime Samurai Deeper Kyo, she is initially a foil for the main character, Mibu Kyoshiro, but later becomes a spy for Oda Nobunaga. However, her true allegiance is shown to be to Onime no Kyo (Demon Eyes Kyo), as she is in love with him.
* Okuni is a playable character in the Capcom's video game Onimusha Tactics. She fights with a spear and can use healing magic. She is also mentioned as a close friend to Jubei Yagyu in Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams, where she is described as being a great dancer and fighter. According to the game's comic tie-in "Night of Genesis", she is also a long-standing friend of Tenkai Nankobo.
* Okuni also appears as a character in the NHK's drama Musashi; however, in this series she remains a performer and does not have any fighting skills.
* Okuni makes a small appearance as a little girl in Ōkami singing about the Water Dragon.
* The courtesan and geisha Kiku from James Clavell's novel Shōgun is based on Okuni.
* She is a playable character in Pokémon Conquest (Pokémon + Nobunaga's Ambition in Japan), with her partner Pokémon being Larvesta and later Volcarona.
* She appears in videogame Nioh 2. The protagonist meets and assists her in two sub missions, and she returns the favor by helping them get inside Hideyoshi castle.

## Katakura Kojūrō

* In series with Date Masamune, Katakura Kojūrō has appeared as a character in fiction. He appeared in the video game Sengoku Basara 2, as second in command to Date Masamune, but is often depicted at times as a swordsman meeting his equal and showing a superior tactical ability to Date, although respecting Masamune's superiority.
* Kojuro is the name of Dokuganryuu Masamune's okero car in the eroge Sengoku Rance.
* Kojurou is often in any series where Date Masamune is present, though he may sometimes be a generic character.
* Kojuro is a playable character in the social romance sim Samurai Love Ballad (天下統一恋の乱 Love Ballad) produced by Voltage (company).
* Kojuro also makes an appearance in the video game Samurai Warriors 4 as a playable character. He is depicted as a wise man that acts as a clear voice of reason, who holds huge loyalty towards his lord Date Masamune.
* He is briefly mentioned in Nioh due to passing away from an illness and leaving behind his son Katakura Shigenaga. He gives Date Masamune his guardian spirit, a fish-man hybrid.

## Kobayakawa Hideaki

* Kobayakawa Hideaki appears as a unique non-player character in Sengoku Basara 3. He is portrayed as a young, cowardly glutton, and as a result carries a pot and pair of wooden spoons to use as weapons. He is made playable in the upcoming expansion, Sengoku Basara 3:Utage.
* Portrayed by Louis Ozawa Changchien in the 2008 BBC docudrama series Heroes and Villains.
* In Sengoku Basara: The Last Party, he tricks multiple generals to go to Sekigahara under the guise of Tokugawa Ieyasu's invitation, but is discovered by Ieyasu himself, who plays along with his plans.
* In Nioh, Hideaki is presented as a vainglorious and cowardly lord who participates in the battle of Sekigahara on the Ishida side, but is later convinced by William to defect to the opposing side. He guardian spirit is a bat.

## Komatsuhime

* In her role in the video game Samurai Warriors, Komatsuhime goes by her childhood name, Ina. She wields a long bladed bow, and is depicted as a proud daughter of Honda Tadakatsu with strong tomboyish tendencies. Inahime is also in the spinoff game Samurai Warriors Katana, and the crossover games Warriors Orochi and Warriors Orochi 2.
* She is a playable character as Ina in Pokémon Conquest (Pokémon + Nobunaga's Ambition in Japan), with her partner Pokémon being Prinplup and later Empoleon.

## Kuroda Kanbei

* In his role in Koei's Samurai Warriors 3 video game, Kuroda Kanbei is chief strategist of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, feared by many for his demonic look. He later goes on to serve Tokugawa Ieyasu. His weapon is a magical orb.
* He appears as a playable character in Capcom's Sengoku Basara 3. He appears as a convict with his hands cuffed together and chained to a giant metal ball, which doubles as his weapon. According to the game he was a Lieutenant under the Toyotomi banner, and tried to seize some power from him in a failed coup. He is locked up in the mines of Ishigakibaru and is often under Yoshitsugu Otani's control.
* In Kessen III he is a playable retainer that serves with Hideyoshi against the Mori.
* Kanbei is portrayed by Junichi Okada, a member of V6, in the 2014 NHK taiga drama Gunshi Kanbei.
* He is a playable character in Pokémon Conquest (Pokémon + Nobunaga's Ambition in Japan), with his partner Pokémon being Lampent and later Chandelure. His appearance resembles a ghost.
* Kanbei appears as a supporting character, alongside his son Nagamasa, in 2017's Nioh. His guardian spirit is a dragon.
* In Oda Cinnamon Nobunaga, Kanbei is reincarnated in modern-day Japan as a Toy Poodle nicknamed "Charlie".
* Briefly appears in videogame Nioh 2 as an ally of Tenkai.

## Kyōgoku Maria

* Kyōgoku Maria, the older sister of Azai Nagamasa, is depicted in Capcom's Sengoku Basara 4 video game as a sorceress with the ability to manipulate her sleeves in combat and use her charm to deceive enemies.
* She appears in Koei's Samurai Warriors 4: Empires as a unique NPC that can be playable if selected. However, she is not considered a true playable character.

## Maeda Matsu

* Matsu is depicted in Capcom's Sengoku Basara video game series as a woman who wields a naginata as her weapon, is able to summon animal familiars, and has a close relationship with her husband, Toshiie.
* Matsu had also been featured within a TV drama shown by NHK called Toshiie to Matsu, depicting her relations with Toshiie, and thus making her a primary figure of romantic fame.
* Although not a real playable character, Matsu is also a bodyguard in Koei's Samurai Warriors 2 under the "Lady Samurai" class.

## Maeda Toshiie

* Maeda Toshiie appears as a playable character in Samurai Warriors 2: Xtreme Legends, wielding a serrated sword and two spears. He is also present inWarriors Orochi 2.
* His Sengoku Basara portrayal implies that he serves the Oda clan off screen, but he officially serves the Toyotomi clan to repent for their shortcomings. His story mode depicts him as a dysfunctional family man, with a close relationship with his wife Matsu and their "nephew" Keiji, where the first two-story modes tell on their unusual methods to support one another. He also uses fire-based techniques and summoning animals. His body is scarred due to his battles with wild animals.
* The 2002 NHK taiga drama Toshiie to Matsu (利家とまつ～加賀百万石物語～) was based on the story of their lives together. Maeda Toshiie was played by Toshiaki Karasawa, and Matsu by Nanako Matsushima. Karasawa later made a special appearance as the same character in the 2006 NHK Taiga drama Komyo ga Tsuji (功名が辻) (episodes 39 and 40).
* Maeda Toshiie is one of the few captains who have non-generic faces in the eroge Sengoku Rance. He can transform into Maeda Keiji after doing two of his events using Rance's satisfaction points.
* Maeda Toshiie (Inuchiyo) is a playable character in the social romance sim Samurai Love Ballad (天下統一恋の乱 Love Ballad) produced by Voltage (company).

## Maeda Toshimasu

Toshimasu (often depicted under the name of Keiji or Keijirō) is often portrayed as somewhat of a prankster and is often dubbed crazy, or kabukimono, by others for his wild ways. For example, it is shown/mentioned in a few video games that he filled his uncle Toshiie's bath with cold water, a feat the historical man was well known for.
* He is a playable character in the Samurai Warriors series and is usually one of the strongest enemies to defeat. His weapon is a two-pronged spear, similar to a sasumata. He also appears in Warriors Orochi.
* Maeda Keiji debuted as a playable character in Sengoku Basara 2. This version of the character wields a giant Ōdachi and has a pet monkey named Yumekichi. He is old friends with Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and helps defeat the man in his ending. He appears in Sengoku Basara 3 as the representative of both the Uesugi and Maeda clans.
* Keijiro also appears in Onimusha Blade Warriors as well as the first Onimusha game, under the name Yumemaru (a little boy that Princess Yuki takes care of).
* Maeda Keiji is also a secret playable character in Kessen III through loading a Samurai Warriors data file from the memory card.
* A manga series loosely based on Keiji's life illustrated by Tetsuo Hara (of Fist of the North Star fame) was produced titled Keiji.
* In the NHK television drama series Toshiie to Matsu, Maeda Keijiro is depicted by the actor Mitsuhiro Oikawa.
* Maeda Keiji is Maeda Toshiie's transformation in the eroge Sengoku Rance after doing two of Toshiie's events using Rance's satisfaction points.
* Maeda Keiji appears as a minor character in the social romance sim Samurai Love Ballad (天下統一恋の乱 Love Ballad) produced by Voltage (company).
Additionally, Keiji's famed horse, Matsukaze, appears in a number of games and movies as well.
* Matsukaze is a ridable horse in the Samurai Warriors and Warriors Orochi game series.
* The jetbike Keiji rides in the Vasara game series is said to be the model "Matsukaze 1000".

## Matsunaga Hisahide

* Matsunaga Hisahide is featured as a character in Sengoku Basara and Sengoku Basara 2: Heroes, in which he is depicted as a man of treachery who enjoys any course of action that would subsequently present to him a greater sum of pleasure. He takes a primary role in Katakura Kojūrō's and Maeda Keiji's stories. Hisahide was announced as one of 14 characters to be made playable in the upcoming expansion to Sengoku Basara: Samurai Heroes
* He appears in Samurai Warriors 2 as a purchasable Bodyguard under the "Fire Ninja" class. He later appears in Samurai Warriors 4 as a playable character.
* In Nioh, William can interact with the ghost of Hisahide who refers to himself as Danjo. His guardian spirit is a spider.
** He also appears in Nioh 2 as a supporting character where he continues to support the player as Dango due to blowing himself up after betraying Oda Nobunaga and destroying himself, his teapot, and his castle rather than surrendering to Nobunaga. His guardian spirit remains as a spider.
* In Oda Cinnamon Nobunaga, Hisahide is reincarnated in modern-day Japan as a Chihuahua nicknamed "Whip".

## Miyamoto Musashi

* In the Sengoku Basara anime and game, he was shown to be mischievous, using stones, an oar and a wooden sword to fight.
* He also appears in Samurai Warriors 2 as a rival of Sasaki Kojirō and wields two Daishōs.
* He appears as the late adoptive father of Miyamoto Iori in Fate/Samurai Remnant. An alternate female version of Musashi was also introduced as a Saber/Berserker class servant in Fate/Grand Order and latter appears in Fate/Samurai Remnant.
* He appears in Nioh as a supporting character in a couple of missions. In game he is still a young samurai who is practicing his swordsmanship on yōkai.

## Mōri Motonari

* He (along with King Lear) was the basis of Hidetora Ichimonji in the Akira Kurosawa film Ran.
* Motonari has also made an appearance in video games such as Capcom's Sengoku Basara 2 as a playable character who is relatively inconsiderate to his subordinates, abandoning them if they are below his standards and employing other means that can be deemed cruel. Motonari wields a large wheel as his weapon, which possesses an outer-layer of blades. He is the only character who can inflict damage on his own men in combat.
* Motonari also appears in Samurai Warriors 3, wielding a crossbow mounted to his arm. He comes out of retirement to help Japan fight off the threat of Oda Nobunaga.
* Motonari is the main protagonist of the NHK 36th drama Motonari.
* Motonari is one of the lords in the eroge Sengoku Rance. He has been cursed by a yōkai named Daidaara, the player can ask for Sakamoto Ryouma's information after recruiting her to lift his curse. His three daughters' names: Mōri Teru, Kikkawa Kiku and Kobayakawa Chinu are based on historical Motonari's three sons: Mōri Takamoto, Kikkawa Motoharu, and Kobayakawa Takakage.
* The board game Shogun features Mōri Motonari as one of the daimyōs to choose.
* Motonari also appears in the strategy game Pokémon Conquest, where he is the warlord of the Ransei Region's Greenleaf Nation and is accompanied by a Snivy, who may evolve into a Servine.
* In the video game League of Legends Yorick Mōri has characteristics that are references to Mōri Motonari.

## Mori Ranmaru

Ranmaru has appeared as a character in fiction and has appeared in several video games (such as Sengoku Basara, Onimusha, Kessen III and the Samurai Warriors series) in which he is usually portrayed as having a feminine or androgynous appearance, which may lead to confusion of his gender by other characters. He is also depicted as truly loyal to Oda Nobunaga, who in return praises Ranmaru for his skills (and possibly his beauty) in battle.
* In Samurai Warriors, Ranmaru is depicted as Nobunaga's most loyal bodyguard, where he wields a nodachi.
* Sengoku Basara portrays a different appearance for Ranmaru as a young, boyish, and eager archer in his early teens who seeks recognition from Nobunaga. He is protrayed as childish, seeking only Kompeitō as a reward from his master in his endings.
* The eroge Sengoku Rance portrays him as a girl, Ranmaru. She is one of the loyal retainers of Oda Nobunaga. She is in love with Shibata Katsuie, also Oda's retainer.
* The character Ranmaru Morii's name in Perfect Girl Evolution is a nod to the historical Ranmaru.
* Mori Ranmaru is one of the main characters in a manga oneshot by Inui Miku, Akatsuki no Fumi, where he is portrayed with slightly feminine features.
* Akihiro Hino has stated that the character Kirino Ranmaru in Inazuma Eleven GO was based on Mori Ranmaru.
* The anime Nobunaga the Fool portrays Ranmaru as a secret identity that's given to the character Jeanne Kaguya d'Arc by Nobunaga
* A female version of Ranmaru appears in Gaim's portion of Kamen Rider x Kamen Rider Gaim & Wizard: The Fateful Sengoku Movie Battle. She is an attendant who served under Nobunaga and the OOO Army and when both Nobunaga and Bujin OOO fall to the hands of Bujin Gaim, she is forced to escape with Kaito Kumon/Armored Rider Baron. Later on, she is saved by bandits by Kaito and she makes him the new lord of the OOO Army which is renamed the Baron Army and recruits remnants of armies who were defeated by Bujin Gaim. She accompanies him to Ieyasu castle where the final battle takes place. She is last seen celebrating the defeat of Bujin Gaim which causes the return of rain to her world. She is portrayed by Mao Ueda.
* He is a playable character in Pokémon Conquest (Pokémon + Nobunaga's Ambition in Japan), with his partner Pokémon being Riolu and later Lucario. He is portrayed with feminine appearance in the game, including joining the beauty contest held in the Ransei region due to being mistaken for a girl. He is shown as extremely loyal to Nobunaga.
* Ranmaru appears as a minor character in the social romance sim Samurai Love Ballad (天下統一恋の乱 Love Ballad) produced by Voltage (company).
* Ranmaru appears in the Netflix ONA series Yasuke as a retainer, and implied lover, of Oda Nobunaga.

## Naoe Kanetsugu

* Naoe Kanetsugu is the star of Yuji Takemura's manga Gifu Dodo Naoe Kanetsugu: Maeda Keiji Tsukigatari (義風堂々 直江兼続 -前田慶次月語り-)
* Kanetsugu is the protagonist of the 2009 NHK taiga drama Tenchijin.
* Naoe Kanetsugu was featured as a playable character in Samurai Warriors 2, wielding an ornate sword and paper charms, portrayed as originally serving Uesugi Kenshin at the Battles of Kawanakajima and Tedorigawa, then serving Hideyoshi and later the Western Army against Tokugawa Ieyasu, though being concerned with justice and honor primarily. Kanetsugu also appears in Warriors Orochi, a crossover between Samurai Warriors and Dynasty Warriors, usually alongside Kenshin Uesugi.
* The female character Naoe Ai from the eroge Sengoku Rance is based on him. She is the strategist of Uesugi Kenshin.
* Kanetsugu briefly appeared in the anime television series of Sengoku Basara, only to be defeated by Honda Tadakatsu in a comical fashion.
* In Sengoku Basara 2, he appears as a generic officer of the Uesugi army who constantly claims to be invincible. He appears again in Sengoku Basara 3, but has Kanetsugu's trademark helmet with the large kanji "Ai" ("love").
* Appearing in a semi-fictional biography as the main protagonist of the historical manga Gifuu doudou Naoe Kanetsugu by Tetsuo Hara.
* In KissxSis, he was shown as one of Keita's teacher's fetish, Japanese samurai generals.
* He is a playable character in Pokémon Conquest (Pokémon + Nobunaga's Ambition in Japan), with his partner Pokémon being Kadabra and later Alakazam. He appears as a warlord who is warmhearted and dutiful, and honors love and justice very much.
* Kanetsugu appears as a minor character in the social romance sim Samurai Love Ballad (天下統一恋の乱 Love Ballad) produced by Voltage (company).

## Nene

* Nene is a playable character within the Samurai Warriors series and acts as an ultimate replacement of Kunoichi. She is also present in the spinoffs Samurai Warriors Katana and Warriors Orochi.
* Nene appears in flashbacks in Sengoku Basara 2 in Keiji's story. It is implied that her husband killed her to achieve power, which is confirmed in the second season of the anime.
* Nene is a major character in Eiji Yoshikawa's novel Taiko ki.
* She is a playable character in Pokémon Conquest (Pokémon + Nobunaga's Ambition in Japan), with her partner Pokémon being Golbat and Crobat. She has a motherly personality in-game.

## Nōhime

Unlike her role in history, Nōhime is usually portrayed as a femme fatale, in line with the traditional villainous portrayal of her husband, Nobunaga Oda.
* Her role in Sengoku Basara depicts a beautiful and kind-hearted woman who would stop at nothing to achieve her husband's unity of the land, despite the fact that Nobunaga never cared about her. She wields a pair of guns (Ebony and Ivory from Devil May Cry), but her charge/prime attacks unleash a whole variety of gun weaponry.
* In Onimusha 3: Demon Siege she goes by the name of 'Vega Donna' and has been transformed into a demon woman to join her husband.
* Samurai Warriors depicts Nōhime as the "Viper's Daughter", a sadist who wields a pair of retractable claws and bombs. She is also present in Samurai Warriors 2 and Samurai Warriors 3, as well as the spinoffs Samurai Warriors Katana, Warriors Orochi, and Warriors Orochi 2.
* A different view of Nōhime is presented in the game Kessen III. Under her childhood name of Kicho, she is presented as a chaste and innocent princess.
* Nōhime was portrayed by Japanese actress Miki Nakatani in the 1998 film Oda Nobunaga, and by Haruka Ayase in the 2005 sci-fi film Sengoku Jieitai 1549, and the 2023 historical fiction film, The Legend and Butterfly. Emi Wakui played Nōhime in the 2006 NHK drama Kōmyō ga tsuji.
* In the eroge Sengoku Rance, Oda Nobunaga Kazunosuke's deceased wife's name is "Kichou", other popular name of Nouhime.
* She appears alongside Oda Nobunaga in the manga Sengoku Strays.
* She is a playable character in Pokémon Conquest (Pokémon + Nobunaga's Ambition in Japan), with her partner Pokémon being Misdreavus and Mismagius.
* Nohime is an unlockable Stigmata in the 2016 mobile game Honkai Impact 3rd made by miHoYo.
* In Nioh, her soul is transformed by antagonist Edward Kelley into a yuki-onna and is fought as a boss. She uses a naginata and the water element (in the form of ice). Her guardian spirit is a butterfly.
** In Nioh 2, she is met by the protagonist and Tokichiro alongside her husband, Oda Nobunaga. During the burning of Honnoji Temple, she stays with Nobunaga and the two die together. She was told by her father Saito Dosan to kill Nobunaga if he proved to be a fool but she fell in love with him and decided to help in his ambition to unify Japan. Her guardian spirit remains as a butterfly.

## Oda Nobunaga

Oda Nobunaga has appeared in a number of works across various media.
* Eiji Yoshikawa's historical novel Taiko Ki
* Novel and anime series Yōtōden
* Novel The Samurai's Tale by Erik Christian Haugaard.
* James Clavell's novel Shōgun, the character Goroda is a pastiche of Nobunaga.
* In the illustrated novel series Samurai Cat as the boss of the main character Miaowara Tomokato, who goes on a quest of revenge to avenge Nobunaga's death by a group of enemies.
* Film and television dramas:
** Akira Kurosawa's film Kagemusha (1980), portrayed by Daisuke Ryu.
** Nobunaga's life and exploits were the subject of NHK's 30th taiga drama, 信長 Oda Nobunaga (1992), portrayed by Naoto Ogata.
** Sengoku Jieitai 1549 (2005), portrayed by Takeshi Kaga. In the film Nobunaga is killed by time-travellers.
** Tenchijin (2009), portrayed by Kōji Kikkawa.
** Goemon (2009), portrayed by Hashinosuké Nakamura.
** Ask This of Rikyu (2013), portrayed by Yusuke Iseya.
** Gunshi Kanbei (2014), portrayed by Yōsuke Eguchi.
** MAGI Tensho Keno Shonen Shisetsu (2020), portrayed by Kōji Kikkawa.
** What Will You Do, Ieyasu? (2023), portrayed by Junichi Okada.
** The Legend and Butterfly (2023), portrayed by Takuya Kimura.
** Kubi (2023), portrayed by Ryo Kase.
* Anime and manga series:
** Drifters
** Flame of Recca
** Nobunaga Concerto
** Samurai Deeper Kyo
** Nobunaga no shinobi
** Oda Cinnamon Nobunaga, wherein he is reincarnated as a Shiba Inu in modern-day Japan.
** Yasuke opens with the battle of Honno-ji, and features Nobunaga heavily in flashbacks.
* Manga series:
** Tail of the Moon
** Kacchu no Senshi Gamu
** Tsuji Kunio's historical fiction The Signore: Shogun of the Warring States.
** Nobunaga no Chef
* Anime, as a female character:
** Sengoku Otome: Momoiro Paradox
** Sengoku Collection
** The Ambition of Oda Nobuna
* In music: Kamenashi Kazuya of the Japanese pop group KAT-TUN wrote and performed a song titled "1582" which is written from the perspective of Mori Ranmaru at the Incident at Honnouji.
* The VOCALOID producer Utata-P created a Hatsune Miku song under the title "Not a Dream... Not a Lie... A Happy Scene Before My Eyes" which details a resurrected Oda Nobunaga speaking from a kitten through a girl.
* In the eroge Sengoku Rance
* Stage action and anime adaptation of Nobunaga the Fool
* Video games:
** Kessen III
** Ninja Gaiden II
** Ninja Master's
** Maplestory
** Inindo: Way of the Ninja
** Atlantica Online
** Onimusha
** Samurai Warriors and its spinoff Warriors Orochi
** Sengoku Basara (and its anime adaptation) - Described as a literally demonic and heartless general. Uses a sword, shotgun and darkness-based attacks.
** As a playable character and the main villain in Pokémon Conquest.
** Nioh as boss in the late game after being revived by Edward Kelley. He uses a sword and all elemental types due to his guardian spirit, a peacock.
** Nioh 2 as a supporting character where the player helps him in his campaign to unite Japan. He later dies during the Honnō-ji Incident. He uses a sword and all elemental types. He has 2 guardian spirits, a peacock (from the first game) and a panther.
** Soulcalibur
** Shogun: Total War
** Total War: Shogun 2
** Throne of Darkness
** Nobunaga's Ambition series
** Civilization V
** Age of Empires II: The Conquerors
** Inazuma Eleven GO
** Payday 2
* In the parody manga Koha-Ace, and later the mobile game Fate/Grand Order, Oda Nobunaga is featured as a female Archer, Berserker and Avenger-class Servant.
* There are five versions of Nobunaga Oda in Kamen Rider series:
** A version of Nobunaga appears in Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Gaim & Wizard: The Fateful Sengoku Movie Battle. In it, Nobunaga is the Lord of the OOO Army. When Bujin Gaim attacks Honnō-ji with a Greeed Army, Nobunaga awaits inside, contemplating the short life he's had. When he meets Kaito Kumon/Armored Rider Baron, Nobunaga takes a liking to him and realizes that they are both alike as they seek to unite their respective worlds through force. Nobunaga gives Kaito a spare Taka Medal and sacrifices himself to allow Kaito and Ranmaru to escape, dying in the flames with several kaijin. Nobunaga is portrayed by Hiroaki Iwanaga, who previously portrayed Akira Date, the original Kamen Rider Birth and second Kamen Rider Birth Prototype in Kamen Rider OOO.
** Nobunaga previously appears in Kamen Rider x Kamen Rider OOO & Double feat. Skull: Movie War Core, although this Nobunaga is revealed to have been a clone with the appearance and memories of the original.
** Nobunaga also appears in Kamen Rider Ghost as one of the 15 heroic souls and an alternative form for Kamen Rider Specter.
** In Kamen Rider Zi-O, Geiz Myoukoin/Kamen Rider Geiz is actually a time-displaced younger Nobunaga himself, confirmed in Kamen Rider Zi-O the Movie: Over Quartzer. An older Nobunaga also appears in the said movie. In the same movie, there is also a reference to the ancestry of Kamen Rider Drive’s protagonist Krim Steinbelt is a nod to his actor Chris Peppler being one of Mitsuhide Akechi's descendant.
* Nobunaga is a playable character in the social romance sim Samurai Love Ballad (天下統一恋の乱 Love Ballad) produced by Voltage (company).
* Nobunaga is a playable character in the visual novel gameIkemen Sengoku; Romances Across Time, produced by Cybird.
* In Samurai Cats, which depicted many Sengoku era warriors as cats, Nobunaga is known as Nobunyaga Oda. This version also appears in a crossover Warriors All-Stars

## Oichi

* Oichi was portrayed by the actress Tanaka Misato in the 41st NHK taiga drama Toshiie to Matsu, broadcast in 2002.
* Oichi has made appearances in the video games Onimusha 2: Samurai's Destiny, Samurai Warriors, Warriors Orochi, and Sengoku Basara 2. She is usually depicted as a beautiful, chaste, and loyal woman, although her relationship with her brother Nobunaga usually becomes rebellion, due to her romantic involvement with her husband, Azai Nagamasa. She is also known as "Ichi".
* She was depicted in Samurai Warriors as a young peppy teen who loves both her brother and her husband to the point that she wants them no longer to fight. She wields a kendama. In Samurai Warriors 2, she has matured, and her relationship with Nobunaga has dissolved due to her involvement with Nagamasa. She also appears in Samurai Warriors 3 with an updated character design and a new weapon in the form of large, interconnected bladed rings. She is also in the spinoff games Samurai Warriors Katana, Warriors Orochi, and Warriors Orochi 2.
* Sengoku Basara 2's version of Oichi is a gloomy, soft-spoken woman who wields a dual-bladed naginata (which can also be split in two). She worries constantly for her husband (who seems to be slightly irritated by it). As she is the blood sister of Nobunaga, it is implied that she is a witch, with demonic hands evil laughter. She was voiced by Mamiko Noto. In Sengoku Basara 3, she appears without her naginata, instead using her demonic hands as weapons.
* The gunner mercenary in Atlantica Online is based on Oichi, referencing her brother's claim to fame by using gunners in the battle of Nagashino.
* Oichi was named Oyu in Onimusha 2, in which she works with Yagyu Jubei, Saika Magoichi, Ekei Ankokuji, and Fuma Kotaro in defeating her brother. Oyu is also in Onimusha Blade Warriors.
* She is a character in Nobunaga's Ambition, a game series similar to Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
* She is a character in Kessen III, in where she looks the closest to her traditional paintings of her.
* She is a playable character in Pokémon Conquest (Pokémon + Nobunaga's Ambition in Japan), with her partner Pokémon being Jigglypuff and Wigglytuff. She helps the player during the first story line.
* Oichi appears as a minor character in the social romance sim Samurai Love Ballad (天下統一恋の乱 Love Ballad) produced by Voltage (company).
* Oichi appears as a minor character in Nioh 2 where she is married to Azai Nagamasa, who dies after being corrupted by the Spirit Stones. She remarries to Shibata Katsuie then commits seppuku after his death from using the Spirit Stones to protect her and her daughter, Yodogimi. Her guardian spirit is a nine-tailed fox.

## Ōtani Yoshitsugu

* Ōtani Yoshitsugu is a playable character in Samurai Warriors 4. His appearance with a white mask was inspired by his exploits at Sekigahara. He is Ishida Mitsunari's loyal friend.
* Yoshitsugu has made an appearance as a masked samurai of the Western army in Kessen.
* Yoshitsugu is also a character in Koei's video game Saihai no Yukue. He is covered with bandages, due to his leprosy.
* Yoshitsugu is a minor character in James Clavell's tale Shogun where he appears as a leprous Christian Daimyō called Onoshi.
* Yoshitsugu is a character in Sengoku Basara 3 who rides a floating chair with orbs as weapons.
* He also appeared in Sengoku Basara: The Last Party as Mitsunari's aide and lieutenant.
* Yoshitsugi is a secondary antagonist in Nioh, where he introduces Edward Kelley to Mitsunari and during the battle of Sekigahara fuses with his Guardian Spirit to fight William. He uses dual swords and the wind element. His guardian spirit is a butterfly-human hybrid.

## Saitō Dōsan

* Saitō Dōsan makes an appearance in the eroge Sengoku Hime.
* He also appears in the eroge Sengoku Rance as the female head of the Saito clan, "Aburako Dousan". After being crushed by the Ashikaga clan, she wanders around Mamushi Oil Field, which is a pun on Dōsan's nickname "Serpent of Mino (美濃の蝮, Mino no Mamushi)". Aburako Dousan can be recruited after recruiting her retainers, the "Mino Triumvirate", through using Rance's satisfaction points.
* Dōsan appears as a supporting character in Nioh 2. He is also revealed to be the protagonist's father. He recognizes the protagonist as his son but does not tell him prior to his death. His guardian spirit is a white viper.

## Ōtomo Sōrin

* Ōtomo Sōrin appears in Sengoku Basara 3 as a non-player character and is playable in later games. He is a young man who leads a religious cult devoted to Xavi.

## Sanada Masayuki

* Sanada Masayuki is a major character in the 2005 movie Azumi 2: Death or Love.
* Masayuki, played by Masao Kusakari, is also a major character in the 55th NHK Taiga Drama Sanada Maru.
* He is also a non-playable character in the Samurai Warriors and Warriors Orochi video game series. He becomes playable in Samurai Warriors: Spirit of Sanada.
* He also appears as a playable unit in Kessen.
* He appears in Capcom's Sengoku Basara spinoff Sengoku Basara: Sanada Yukimura-den. He was known as "Magician" of Sengoku in the game.
* Masayuki appears as a minor character in the social romance sim Samurai Love Ballad (天下統一恋の乱 Love Ballad) produced by Voltage (company).

## Sanada Yukimura

* Sanada Yukimura appears in numerous films, including the musical film Brave Records of the Sanada Clan (1963), where he is played by Minoru Chiaki of Seven Samurai fame as a rather ineffectual leader.
* In the game The Battle Cats, Sanada Yukimura is an Uber Super Rare unit that can be obtained from the rare cat capsule in the Sengoku Wargods Vajiras.
* Yukimura/Nobushige is the main character in the 55th NHK taiga drama Sanada Maru (2016) and is portrayed by Sakai Masato.
* Sanada Yukimura is a major character in Koei's Samurai Warriors series, usually depicted on the game cover or manual. He is also in the spinoffs Samurai Warriors Katana and Warriors Orochi.
* Akimine Kamijyo's popular anime and manga series Samurai Deeper Kyo has Sanada as a main character. He is depicted as a lighthearted, beautiful trickster with a love of battle, wine, women, and almost supernatural prowess as a tactician. He had a notable admiration for the then-late Toyotomi Hideyoshi.
* In Capcom's series Sengoku Basara he is traditionally one of the main characters. He serves under Takeda Shingen alongside Sarutobi Sasuke and has a major rivalry with Date Masamune. He wields two yari spears. In Sengoku Basara 3 Yukimura becomes the commander of the Takeda forces after Shingen falls ill. Soichiro Hoshi provides Yukimura's voice in the games and anime. Kouhei Takeda plays him in the Live Action TV Drama.
* In the popular anime and manga series Prince of Tennis, Japan's #1 school Rikkai Daigoku's captain is named Seiichi Yukimura, and their vice-captain is named Genichiro Sanada. Likewise, Echizen Ryoma, who defeated the two forementioned players, shares his last name with the commander whose troops killed Sanada Yukimura.
* Sanada Yukimura appears in his own anime called Sanada Juyushi Special (together with his brother Angelo Sanada), directed by Shimizu Keizo.
* Sanada Yukimura was portrayed by comedian Gino Jinnai in the movie Kamen Rider Den-O: I am Born!. His Braves also made a cameo in the movie.
* In the anime series Musashi Gundoh, the voice of Sanada Yukimura is played by Sayaka Kinoshita.
* In the manga series Tenjho Tenge, he appears during a flashback taking place days before the summer siege of Osaka castle.
* Sanada is one of the three playable characters in the videogame Vasara.
* Yukimura is one of the main characters in the manga series "Brave 10", drawn by Shimotsuki Marlin.
* He is a playable character in Pokémon Conquest (Pokémon + Nobunaga's Ambition in Japan), with his partner Pokémon being Charmeleon and later Charizard. He is brave and very loyal to his lord Shingen.
* In the anime series Girls und Panzer, the gunner of Team Hippo, Kiyomi Sugiyama, calls herself Saemonza, Yukimura's nickname. She also wears his mon of three columns of two coins as a headband.
* In the video game Super Mario Odyssey, Mario can obtain a suit of samurai armor and helmet with a design similar to that of Yukimura's helmet, featuring antlers and his six-coin mon.
* Yukimura is a playable character in the social romance sim Samurai Love Ballad (天下統一恋の乱 Love Ballad) produced by Voltage (company).
* Yukimura is a playable character in the visual novel game Ikemen Sengoku; Romances Across Time, produced by Cybird.
* Yukimura is a primary antagonist in the video game Nioh's second and third DLC expansions, Defiant Honor and Bloodshed's End. He commands the forces sieged in the Osaka Castle, defending Toyotomi Hideyori from the Tokugawa forces. He later dies at the end of Bloodshed's End. He uses a spear and both fire and wind elements. His two guardian spirits are a horse and a butterfly-human hybrid.
* In Oda Cinnamon Nobunaga, Yukimura is reincarnated in modern-day Japan as a Corgi nicknamed "Marutarou".

## Sasaki Kojirō

* Sasaki Kojirō is featured in Japanese author Eiji Yoshikawa's epic historical fiction novel about Miyamoto Musashi, Musashi. He and Musashi each have separate parallel plotlines and various sub-plots before they intertwine, with the pair's famous duel the climax and final chapter of the novel.
** Sasaki Kojirō is portrayed by Kōji Tsuruta in two installments of the Samurai Trilogy of films, based on Yoshikawa's novel. He is featured in Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple and Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island, the latter centered on his battle with Musashi.
** The birth and growth of Sasaki Kojirō is featured in Vagabond by Takehiko Inoue, a manga based on Yoshikawa's novel, though in it, Kojirō is portrayed as being deaf.
** Yoshikawa's novel is also the basis of the 42nd NHK taiga drama of the same name from 2003. The NHK serial retains the novel's plot structure, developing parallels between the lives of Sasaki and Musashi and thus rendering Sasaki a major character, portrayed in the show by Matsuoka Matsuhiro.
* In the game Brave Fencer Musashi, the title character's sworn rival was named after Kojirō; in Musashi: Samurai Legend, the main villain is Gandrake (Ganryū).
* In the manga Wangan Midnight, Gen Sasaki is named after Sasaki Kojirō, as they share the family name, Sasaki.
* In the manga Shūmatsu no Valkyrie, Sasaki Kojiro is the third fighter from humanity's side, fighting the God Poseidon.
* In the manga by Masami Kurumada, Fuma no Kojiro, Sasaki Kojiro and Miyamoto Musashi are main characters. An anime version of Fuma no Kojiro was released in 1992.
* Kojirō appears as the main spirit in the manga Kensei Tsubame (剣聖ツバメ lit. Sword Saint Tsubame), a story about kendo practitioners who become possessed by the spirits of many famous Japanese swordsmen. The protagonist, who is possessed by Kojirō, is named Tsubame Kamoshita. His name is probably a reference to Kojirō's technique.
* In Pokémon, the Japanese name of James (of Team Rocket) is Kojiro. Additionally, James's partner Jessie's Japanese name is Musashi, a reference to Miyamoto Musashi.
* In the visual novel and anime series Fate/stay night, the Servant Assassin introduces himself as Sasaki Kojirō. However, it is debated whether his true identity is actually Sasaki, as he claims that he only took Kojiro's name. In episode 18 of the anime, Saber recognizes Assassin as Kojiro. Assassin then claims Kojiro is but a fake name and that the person called Sasaki Kojirou does not exist; he is but a character with a fabricated past that has been made into a master swordsman inside people's memories, however, it is later proven that at least a person known as Sasaki Kojiro exists in the universe due to said appearing in Fate/Samurai Remnant.
* In Samurai Warriors 2 and Samurai Warriors 2: Empires by Koei, Kojiro appears as an enemy officer and an unlockable bodyguard, but not a playable character. Kojiro is a playable character in Samurai Warriors 2: Xtreme Legends, with his own Story Mode, focused mainly on pursuing and fighting Musashi. His skin color is bone white (possibly as white face paint), and he is depicted as an evil minded and bloodthirsty fiend who claims to give his enemies a "beautiful end". He also appears in Warriors Orochi 2.
* In Gosho Aoyama's Yaiba, Sasaki Kojiro was revived from his death after the final battle with Miyamoto Musashi, Yaiba's teacher. He was brought to life by Yaiba's nemesis Onimaru in an attempt to defeat Yaiba. However, he ultimately joins Yaiba and the gang. He is depicted as a complete womanizer and playboy, and even has a radar for beautiful woman. His appearance in this series was almost entirely comedic.
* In Dr. Slump, Arale, Gatchan, and Taro used the "Time Slipper" to travel to the day of Musashi's duel with Kojiro. It states that Musashi was late for the duel over a two-day game of Rock, Paper, Scissors. Kojiro is shown waiting impatiently for Musashi, and is left waiting after Musashi goes with Arale to the future.
* Kojiro's Tsubame Gaeshi (Swallow Reversal/Turning Swallow) technique is used by Shusuke Fuji in Prince of Tennis, and by Sanada Kazuki in Fighting Spirit. The technique is also featured in Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game as the card "Swallow Flip", as well as in Pokémon game series as the move "Aerial Ace". It is also the signature technique for the character Seraphim in "Is This a Zombie?".
* The sword Monohoshizao appears in Soul Blade, the first game of the popular Soulcalibur series of fighting games. It is an extra weapon for Heishiro Mitsurugi (who is based on Miyamoto Musashi), but it is simply named "Kojiro's sword". It later became an alternate weapon for Yoshimitsu in the third part: Soulcalibur II where it is described as a sword that was used by the renowned Japanese swordsman named Kojiroh Sasaki. In Soulcalibur III, it appears as an alternate weapon for the bonus character Arthur, a counterpart to Mitsurugi.
* Kojiro is an unlockable character in the Ubisoft/Genki game Sword of the Samurai, which also has Ganryu Island as a selectable arena.
* Akane Takeda, from the visual novel Hanachirasu, develops Kojiro's Tsubame Gaeshi technique to counter Igarasu Yoshia's Hiru-no-Tsuki, which is an attack in which Igarasu launches himself overhead to attack the back, thus Akane literally "Cuts a swallow from flight."

## Shibata Katsuie

* Shibata Katsuie's army plays a major role in the 1953 classic film Ugetsu monogatari.
* Shibata is a playable general in Koei's Kessen III in which he is clad in black 'Oni' armour. He appears as a non-playable character and unlockable bodyguard in Samurai Warriors 2, although the Empires expansion made him a fully playable character. In Samurai Warriors 2 Xtreme Legends, he uses a pair of hand-axes instead of a spear, making him a fully fledged unique character. He is also present in Samurai Warriors Katana and Warriors Orochi 2.
* He is portrayed in the eroge Sengoku Rance as a children's lover so that Rance thinks he is a lolicon. He will eventually become Ranmaru's husband after completing Ranmaru's events. His feelings about Kōhime, Oda Nobunaga Kazunosuke's younger sister, may be a pun of Shibata being the second husband of Oichi, younger sister of the true Oda Nobunaga.
* Katsuie appears in Sengoku Basara 4 as a low-rank vanguard under the Oda force. In the past he tried to rebel but failed, resulting in despair to the point that he's even losing emotions.
* He is also a character in the anime The Ambition of Oda Nobuna as a female protagonist serving Oda Nobuna.
* Katsuie appears as a minor character in the social romance sim Samurai Love Ballad (天下統一恋の乱 Love Ballad) produced by Voltage (company).
* He appears in Nioh 2 as a supporting character and later into a boss after using the Spirit Stones. He is racist against yōkai and thus the protagonist (as they are a human-yōkai hybrid) but grows to respect the protagonist based on the player's actions. He uses dual hatchets and the fire element. His guardian spirit is a boar.
* He appears as a non-playable character in Fate/Grand Order and as a Berserker-class Servant, especially in the GUDAGUDA events.

## Shima Sakon

* Shima Sakon is a playable character in Samurai Warriors 2, where he is portrayed as a former servant of Takeda Shingen and wields an oversized falchion. He also makes vague impersonations of Elvis Presley, which are seen on his sideburns and his quotes ("Thank you. Thank you very much.", "Sakon... has left the battlefield."). He also appears in the spinoffs Samurai Warriors Katana, Warriors Orochi and Warriors Orochi 2.
* He also appears in the Kessen series.
* Sakon appears in Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams, where his mind is twisted and brainwashed by Ophelia, one of the Genma Triumvirate. Tenkai Nankobo uses his purification skills to free Sakon of the evil mind-altering.
* Sakon is a manga series loosely based on Sakon's life, illustrated by Tetsuo Hara. He survives Sekigahara and is ordered by his lord to disrupt a plot set by Tokugawa Ieyasu's kagemusha.
* In the manga Tenjho Tenge authored by Oh! Great, a character is directly named after him, Sakon Shima.
* Sakon is playable in Sengoku Basara 4 as a cheerful young man who enjoys gambling and his flirtatious look. He serves under Ishida Mitsunari.
* Sakon appears as a minor character in the social romance sim Samurai Love Ballad (天下統一恋の乱 Love Ballad) produced by Voltage (company).
* Sakon appears as a secondary antagonist in Nioh, being a loyal servant of Mitsunari who survives the battle of Sekigahara and is later present at his master's execution. He uses a spear and the lightning element due to his guardian spirit, a lion-like creature. Later in the game he uses the wind element and gains the guardian spirit of his master, a fox.

## Shimazu Yoshihiro

* Shimazu Yoshihiro appears in the Koei game Kessen.
* He also appears in Capcom's Sengoku Basara, where he wields a giant sword and is a drunkard. In the game's sequel, Sengoku Basara 2, he is determined to duel Honda Tadakatsu to determine who is stronger.
* Yoshihiro is present in Koei's Samurai Warriors 2. While still portrayed as an old man, he wields a giant mallet and has a rivalry with Tachibana Ginchiyo. He also appears in the spinoffs Warriors Orochi and Warriors Orochi 2.
* In the eroge Sengoku Rance, the four brothers of Shimazu family are Yoshihisa, Kazuhisa, Toshihisa and Iehisa. While Yoshihisa, Toshihisa, Iehisa really were Yoshihiro's brothers, the second brother, Kazuhisa's name may be the reference of Shimazu Katsuhisa, Yoshihiro's father Takahisa's adopted father.
* He was mentioned by Haruo Niijima in Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple when Niijima was trapped and planned to use the method Shimazu used to charge through the Ragnorok's surroundings.
* He is a playable character in Pokémon Conquest (Pokémon + Nobunaga's Ambition in Japan), with his partner Pokémon being Gurdurr and later Conkeldurr.

## Suzuki Magoichi

In most of his fictional portrayals, Suzuki Magoichi is often referred to his more common name, Saiga Magoichi.
* In Onimusha 2, Saika Magoichi is a calm musketeer trying to protect Saiga village from Nobunaga's army. He feels indebted to the women of the village because his mother died at a young age, so the women raised him. He is also present in Onimusha Tactics, Onimusha Blade Warriors, and Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams.
* Magoichi is also a playable character in the Samurai Warriors series, wielding in all installments a musket with underbarrel bayonet. Magoichi is laid back and dressed in a trench coat. He also appears in the spinoff Warriors Orochi.
* Koei also depicts him in the Nobunaga's Ambition series (in particular installments XI and XII) and in Taikou Risshiden (in particular V). He also appears as an enemy general in Kessen III.
* He is also a hidden playable character in Visco Games' arcade shoot 'em up Vasara 2, and is the grandfather of the female Saiga Magoichi in the original game, Vasara.
* Two of the captains who have generic faces in the eroge Sengoku Rance are named they take the names "Saiga Magoichi" and "Saika Magoichi".
* Magoichi appears in Sengoku Basara 3, appearing this time as a woman named Saika Magoichi (or Lady Saika in historical records). This version of Magoichi carries a set of revolvers and other firearms at her disposal.
* He is a playable character in Pokémon Conquest (Pokémon + Nobunaga's Ambition in Japan), with his partner Pokémon being Grovyle and later Sceptile. He also appears as a womanizer in this game.

## Tachibana Ginchiyo

* Tachibana Ginchiyo appears in Koei's Samurai Warriors series of video games, debuting in Samurai Warriors 2 as the first female character to wield a sword. In reference to her father Tachibana Dosetsu her attacks are centered on lightning; one of her special abilities is to summon a lightning storm, or augment her sword with a lightning attribute. She is also a character in the spinoff games Samurai Warriors Katana, Warriors Orochi, Warriors Orochi 2, and Warriors Orochi 3.
* Ginchiyo also appears in Koei's Kessen III as a hidden character, voiced by Naomi Shindō.
* A woman who inherits the name Tachibana Gin appears in Horizon in the Middle of Nowhere wielding two dual sword weapons as well as four large cross shaped artillery weapons.
* She is a playable character in a sidequest in Pokémon Conquest (Pokémon + Nobunaga's Ambition in Japan), with her partner Pokémon being Shinx and later Luxio or Luxray.
* Ginchiyo appears as a supporting character, alongside her husband, in 2017's Nioh. Her guardian spirit is a dog which joins her husband's guardian spirit to form a paired dog spirit, showing the love and partnership of her and her husband.

## Tachibana Muneshige

* Tachibana Muneshige appears in Koei's Samurai Warriors series of video games. He debuted in Samurai Warriors 3, wielding a sword and shield and is shown to have a peculiar relationship with his wife. The Tachibana fight together with Mouri Motonari to protect Japan from Oda Nobunaga's threat.
* In the eroge Sengoku Rance, he, along with his adopted father (also father-in-law) Tachibana Dousetsu, are generic-faced captains.
* In Sengoku Hime, his fathers Tachibana Dousetsu and Takahashi Shouun are gender-swapped and they are major generals of the Otomo family.
* He appears in Sengoku Basara 3 as a loyal (but troubled) retainer to the Otomo. He wields a set of katar with chainsaws on them and is depicted to be a large, solid man.
* A man who inherits his name appears in Horizon in the Middle of Nowhere and wields a gunblade for the fictional country of Tres España.
* He is a playable character in Pokémon Conquest (Pokémon + Nobunaga's Ambition in Japan), with his partner Pokémon being Starly, Staravia, and Staraptor.
* Muneshige appears as a supporting character, alongside his wife, in 2017's Nioh. He uses a sword and the lightning element. His guardian spirit is a dog which joins his wife's guardian spirit to form a paired dog spirit, showing the love and partnership of him and his wife.

## Takeda Shingen

The 1988 NHK Taiga drama television series Takeda Shingen is a fictionalized account of Takeda Shingen's life with Kiichi Nakai in the title role. His life is also dramatized in NHK's 46th Taiga drama Fūrin Kazan. Akira Kurosawa's 1980 film Kagemusha was also inspired by his life; it brought the musket-wound theory to public attention outside Japan. Takeda Shingen appears in Toshirō Mifune's historical film Samurai Banners (風林火山 Furin Kazan).
* He also appears in the epic film Heaven and Earth. The film's title is a reference to Takeda Shingen's famous quote, "In heaven and earth, I alone am to be revered".
* In the science-fiction film Sengoku Jieitai, in English also known as Time Slip and G.I. Samurai, a group of JSDF soldiers take on his forces. In this instance, he is killed in personal combat by the unit's leader, 2nd Lieutenant Iba.
* He is a playable character in the Samurai Warriors series by Koei. He is also a character in Kessen III, Samurai Warriors Katana, and the Warriors Orochi games.
* He is a playable character with a very large staff axe in Sengoku Basara. In Sengoku Basara 3, he is rarely seen due to his sickness.
* Takeda Shingen is the main character in the NES game Shingen the Ruler, and his conquests are also portrayed in the video game, Takeda. Shingen also appears as a character in the Samurai Warriors and in Nobunaga's Ambition (信長の野望 Nobunaga no Yabo) game series, as well as Sengoku Basara
* The board game Shogun features Takeda Shingen as one of the daimyōs to choose.
* In the eroge Sengoku Rance, he is the ruler of the Takeda clan, who might be dead before the events of the game. His four chief retainers are based on four of Takeda Shingen's 24 head generals: Sanada Yukitaka, Baba Nobufusa (Baba Nobuharu), Yamagata Masakage and Kōsaka Masanobu.
* In the series Mirage of Blaze, Takeda Shingen is an evil spirit ready to be awoken by loyal retainers who have been reincarnated in the modern age. His resurrection is stopped by those in Uesugi Kenshin's army—more inclusively, his adopted son Uesugi Kagetora.
* Takeda Shingen was mentioned in episode 10 of The Tatami Galaxy when the protagonist noted that a 4+1⁄2tatami- room is perfect, and if a room were to be larger than the size of 4+1⁄2 tatami mats, it would end up being "as spacious as Takeda Shingen's lavatory, and one might even get lost".
* One of his notable descendants is video game music composer Ryu Umemoto (1974–2011).
* He is a playable character in Pokémon Conquest (Pokémon + Nobunaga's Ambition in Japan), with his partner Pokémon being Rhyperior and later Groudon.
* Shingen appears in 2011 gender-swap anime Battle Girls: Time Paradox, where she leads a powerful cavalry, wields a large fan, and can control wind and fire. She owns a section of the Crimson Armor and is friends/rivals with Kenshin. She is rather awkward in expressing herself and never aware about the armor.
* Shingen is a playable character in the social romance sim Samurai Love Ballad (天下統一恋の乱 Love Ballad) produced by Voltage (company).
* Shingen is a playable character in the visual novel game Ikemen Sengoku; Romances Across Time, produced by Cybird.
* In Oda Cinnamon Nobunaga, Shingen is reincarnated in modern-day Japan as a Pomeranian nicknamed "Lucky".
* He makes an appearance as one of the main antagonists in Dinosaur King where he is the boss of a group of Kunoichi and temporarily Sheer the female space pirate.

## Takenaka Shigeharu

* Takenaka Shigeharu is often likened to Zhuge Liang of Romance of the Three Kingdoms. This is mostly due to a romanticized tale of Hideyoshi needing to visit Shigeharu many times before gaining his services, much similar to Liu Bei's three visits to Zhuge Liang.
* Shigeharu (as Hanbei) is featured in the game Sengoku Basara 2 by Capcom. Voice actor Akira Ishida voices him. He wields a whipsword and is shown to be very physically weak and ill due to tuberculosis. Despite his impending death due to his illness, he is very faithfully devoted to Toyotomi Hideyoshi.
* He also appears as Hanbei in Samurai Warriors 3 where he is depicted as a young precocious teenager fighting with a bladed sundial. He is shown to have a close relationship with Kuroda Kanbei.
* He is a playable character as Hanbei in Pokémon Conquest (Pokémon + Nobunaga's Ambition in Japan), with his partner Pokémon being Pikachu and later Raichu. He appears as a sleepy teenager with astonishing brainpower.

## Tokugawa Ieyasu

* Within the video game series Samurai Warriors, Tokugawa Ieyasu is depicted as a man that values patience and the welfare of his subordinates above all else. Equipped with the kabuto that he was historically valued for, Ieyasu also wields a romanticized spear that has the ability to shoot flames and cannonballs from its center. He is also present in the spinoffs Samurai Warriors Katana, Warriors Orochi, and Warriors Orochi 2.
* The Akira Kurosawa film Kagemusha tells a fictionalized account of the events leading up to the Battle of Nagashino.
* Portrayed by James Saito in the 2008 BBC docudrama series Heroes and Villains.
* The novel Kagemusha Tokugawa Ieyasu by Keichiro Ryu tells the fictional story of the Ieyasu's double who changes places into assassination Ieyasu ahead of the Battle of Sekigahara. The novel was adapted to manga by Tetsuo Hara.
* Another novel, The Kouga Ninja Scrolls and its adaptations, Shinobi: Heart Under Blade and Basilisk (manga), are fictional stories in which Ieyasu is central to the storylines.
* Ieyasu appears as the leader of the Japanese civilization in Sid Meier's turn-based strategy game Civilization III, as well as in its sequel Civilization IV. He appears as an alternate leader of the Japanese civilization in Civilization VI as part of the Leaders Pass DLC. He also appears as the Japanese leader in the series' console version Civilization Revolution.
* Ieyasu is a recurring character in the manga series Samurai Deeper Kyo.
* Tokugawa Ieyasu is depicted as one of the six survivors of the destruction of the colony ship Mesopotamia in the anime series Saber Marionette J. He and the other five survivors (all male) land on the planet that becomes known as Terra II, and each man founds a new city-state reflective of his respective heritage. Each city-state is populated by clones of the founder; the Ieyasu that appears at the start of the series is the 15th cloned incarnation of the original.
* He is also featured as a non-playable character in Sengoku Basara. He appears as a man of short stature but has command of a very powerful general, namely Honda Tadakatsu. He appears in Sengoku Basara 3 with an updated, more mature character design and using new gauntlets in battle. His goal is to unite Japan by the force of "bonds". He has a rivalry with Ishida Mitsunari, and his ending confirms that they used to be friends, as he weeps over Mitsunari's death.
* The history of Ieyasu's rise to power is fictionalized in James Clavell's novel Shōgun under the name "Lord Toranaga," and in the television miniseries based on it.
* The board game Shogun, features Tokugawa Ieyasu as one of the Daimyōs to choose.
* In the game Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties, Tokugawa's reunification of Japan is one of the campaigns of the game. He can also be unlocked in normal mode and is available as Japanese Shogun. He can train units, receive shipments and boosts attack of units around him. He also appears as the leader of Japan in Skirmish Mode.
* Tokugawa Ieyasu is the birth father of Yuki Hideyasu, who is the lead of the video game Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams. In game, he goes by the alias Soki.
* Tokugawa Ieyasu is the raccoon dog youkai lord of the Tokugawa clan in the eroge Sengoku Rance. His five chief retainers are Honda Tadakatsu, Hattori Hanzō, Sakai Tadatsugu, Sakakibara Yasumasa, Ii Naomasa and are portrayed as raccoon dogs like him. Another raccoon dog youkai is also based on a general of the Tokugawa clan, Honda Masanobu.
* Tokugawa is a main character in the video game Kessen.
* He appears in a flashback sequence in the manga Tenjho Tenge, as a man who is literally possessed by Sohaku Kago. His granddaughter Senhime also makes a more prominent appearance.
* Tokugawa is mentioned in Vampire Weekend's song, "Giving up the Gun".
* His name is used for Vongola Primo's Japanese name in Katekyo Hitman Reborn!.
* A gender-switched version of Ieyasu appears in Sengoku Otome: Momoiro Paradox.
* "The Red Sash of Tokugawa Ieyasu" was an artifact featured in an episode of the 1990s Nickelodeon game show Legends of the Hidden Temple.
* A version of Ieyasu appears in Gaim's portion of Kamen Rider x Kamen Rider Gaim & Wizard: The Fateful Sengoku Movie Battle. He is the Lord of the Wizard Army and lost his Bujin Rider, Bujin Wizard, to Bujin Gaim. He mistakes Kouta Kazuraba/Armored Rider Gaim for Bujin Wizard's killer but realizes the two are not the same. He later gives Haruto Soma/Kamen Rider Wizard the Infinity Ring formerly owned by Bujin Wizard, and is last seen bidding farewell to the Armored Riders and Mai. He is portrayed by JOY.
* He is a playable character in Pokémon Conquest (Pokémon + Nobunaga's Ambition in Japan), with his partner Pokémon being Aggron and later Registeel.
* Ieyasu is a playable character in the social romance sim Samurai Love Ballad (天下統一恋の乱 Love Ballad) produced by Voltage (company).
* Tokugawa Ieyasu appears in the Star Trek novel Home Is the Hunter.
* Ieyasu is a playable character in the visual novel game Ikemen Sengoku; Romances Across Time, produced by Cybird
* He can be seen in the anime television series Dinosaur King where he helps the D-team find the cosmos stone.
* Ieyasu is a supporting character in the video game Nioh, as William's benefactor and Okatsu's father. He becomes shõgun at the end of the game. His guardian spirit is a tanuki.

## Toyotomi Hideyoshi

* Eiji Yoshikawa's novel Taiko ki (English title: Taiko: An Epic Novel of War and Glory in Feudal Japan) is about the life of Toyotomi Hideyoshi.
* Hideyoshi appears in the Samurai Warriors and Warriors Orochi game series. In Samurai Warriors: Xtreme Legends and SW2, he unites the land and allows many enemies to live. In the Warriors Orochi series, he works with Oda Nobunaga in killing Orochi twice. He is reunited with Nene, his wife, in Warriors Orochi 2. He is also in the spinoff game Samurai Warriors Katana.
* He is a playable character in the game Sengoku Basara 2 as a giant man able to grab onto soldiers, blow off a volley of arrows, and even part the sea with his bare hands. He wants power so much that he killed his historical wife in order to become a unifier of Japan. In Sengoku Basara 3, Hideyoshi is killed by Ieyasu Tokugawa before the events of the game.
* Appearing in the Onimusha series, Hideyoshi was a major antagonist in the first two games while vassal to Nobunaga. Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams, where he is one of the principal antagonists, gives a fictional portrayal of Hideyoshi's reign and death.
* He is the center of Koei's Taikou Risshiden series of games, which focus primarily on Hideyoshi's rise to prominence.
* In the game Age of Empires II: The Conquerors Expansion, in the "Kyoto" scenario, the player, as Toyotomi Hideyoshi, must fight to avenge "Lord Nobunaga's" death in Kyoto.
* Toyotomi (or his faction) is a selectable character in the Shogun: Total War and Throne of Darkness games.
* The character Taikō Nakamura in James Clavell's novel Shōgun is a pastiche of Toyotomi.
* The board game Shogun, features Hashiba (Toyotomi) Hideyoshi as one of the Daimyōs to choose.
* In the eroges Sengoku Rance and Sengoku Hime, he is portrayed as a monkey named Toukichirou, which is Hideyoshi's other name (in Sengoku Rance) or a monkey general (in Sengoku Hime).
* Hideyoshi also appears in the anime series, Sengoku Otome: Momoiro Paradox, where he is instead portrayed as a modern-day school girl named Yoshino Hide (a pun on Hideyoshi) who somehow winds up in Feudal Japan where she meets gender-swapped versions of the heroes during the Sengoku Period.
* In the strategy game Pokémon + Nobunaga's Ambition, he is featured with a Monferno. A special Wi-Fi episode focusing on him later reveals his connection to Reshiram, like Nobunaga is partnered to Zekrom.
* Professional wrestler Michael Nakazawa wrestled as Hideyoshi for the Dramatic Dream Team promotion on February 10, 2013.
* A version of Hideyoshi appears in Gaim's portion of Kamen Rider x Kamen Rider Gaim & Wizard: The Fateful Sengoku Movie Battle. He is the lord of the Double Army and appears alongside his wife Cha-cha. When Bujin Double is killed by Bujin Gaim and the Nephenthes Inhumanoid, Hideyoshi prepares to fight them himself but Cha-cha gives him an ultimatum: choose her or the war. Hideyoshi chooses her and they retreat. He is portrayed by Minehiro Kinomoto who previously portrayed Ryu Terui/Kamen Rider Accel in Kamen Rider W.
* Hideyoshi is a playable character in the social romance sim Samurai Love Ballad (天下統一恋の乱 Love Ballad) produced by Voltage (company).
* Hideyoshi is a playable character in the visual novel game Ikemen Sengoku; Romances Across Time, produced by Cybird.
* The protagonist in Nioh 2 and their companion, Tokichiro, are collectively referred to as 'Hideyoshi' after helping Oda Nobunaga with his campaign to unify Japan and are granted the new name in reward for their service. Later, while corrupted by Kashin Koji (Ōtakemaru), Tokichiro commits many evil acts, including releasing Shuten Dōji and Tamamo no Mae. The player kills Tokichiro which frees him from his possession. He is later revived and helps the protagonist combat Ōtakemaru. He uses dual swords, along with fire and lightning elements. His guardian spirits are a monkey and a baku (while possessed).
* In the manga series, Oda Cinnamon Nobunaga, Hideyoshi is reincarnated as a Bull Terrier dog in 21st century Japan. Hideyoshi is portrayed as filial towards Nobunaga, stating that he had unified Japan to fulfill Nobunaga's dream. Characters remark on Hideyoshi's excitability as well as his eccentricity and desire to be "flashy."

## Uesugi Kenshin

* Uesugi Kenshin, as Nagao Kagetora, is the main character of the NHK 1969 Taiga drama Ten to Chi to based on the same-titled epic historical novel by Chōgorō Kaionji.
* Kenshin, as Nagao Kagetora, is a central character in the 1979 sci-fi film Sengoku Jietai.
* Kenshin, played by Eiichi Kanakubo, is a minor character in Akira Kurosawa's 1980 jidaigeki Kagemusha.
* Kenshin, as Kagetora, is the main character in the 1990 film Heaven and Earth.
* Kenshin is portrayed by Japanese singer-songwriter Gackt in the Japanese taiga drama Fūrin Kazan (2007), as well as in the anime of the gag manga, Tono to Issho (2010).
* Kenshin, played by Abe Hiroshi, is a major supporting character in the NHK 2009 Taiga Drama Tenchijin.
* Kenshin is featured in Koei's video game series Samurai Warriors and Warriors Orochi. He wields a seven-bladed sword and prays to Bishamonten every time he starts a battle.
* He also features in Koei's Nobunaga's Ambition series of games. He makes another appearance in Kessen III, also by Koei.
* Kenshin is also featured in Capcom's Sengoku Basara. In there, she is depicted as female (voiced by Romi Park) with an androgynous figure who would sometimes act rather narcissistic. She is assisted by Kasuga, a fictional Kunoichi who is deeply loyal to her (she may possibly be named after Kasugayama Castle, Kenshin's primary fortress). She also attacks using Iaido and ice-based attacks.
* The board game Shogun features Uesugi Kenshin as one of the daimyōs to choose.
* In the Super NES video game Inindo: Way of the Ninja, Uesugi Kenshin is Daimyō of the province Echigo.
* In the eroge Sengoku Rance, Uesugi Kenshin is the feared and respected female lord commander of the Uesugi House.
* A gender-swapped Kenshin appears in Sengoku Otome: Momoiro Paradox.
* In the anime Nobunaga the Fool Kenshin is portrayed as a Giant War Armor pilot and leader of the Uesugi Clan
* He is a playable character in Pokémon Conquest (Pokémon + Nobunaga's Ambition in Japan), with his partner Pokémon being Gallade.
* Kenshin is a playable character in the social romance sim Samurai Love Ballad (天下統一恋の乱 Love Ballad) produced by Voltage (company).
* Kenshin is a playable character in the visual novel game Ikemen Sengoku; Romances Across Time, produced by Cybird.
* In Oda Cinnamon Nobunaga, Kenshin is reincarnated as a Borzoi nicknamed "Julian" in modern-day Japan.
* Uesugi Kenshin was the inspiration for the 2021-2022 free skating from Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanyu, in which Hanyu portrayed the warrior. The skater himself said he identified with Kenshin's story because both became leaders at an early age and faced many hardships that helped them to grow.
* A female version of Kenshin appears in the mobile game Fate/Grand Order under the name Nagao Kagetora.
* Another female version of Kenshin as the main protagonist appears in Akiko Higashimura's manga Yukibana no Tora, serialised in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Hibana from March 2015 to August 2017.

## William Adams

* William Adams is the main protagonist in Nioh.
* William also appears in the Tenkaichi manga.
* Nathaniel William "Rock" Adams is a character in Soul Calibur.

## Yagyū Muneyoshi

* The second installment of the Onimusha video game series features a swordsman by the name of Yagyū Jūbei, but this is in fact Jūbei's grandfather, Yagyū Muneyoshi. In the fourth game, a female Yagyu by the name of Akane took the name of Jūbei as the strongest of her clan and is on a mission to go after Munenori; in this installment, he is referred to by the name Sekishūsai Yagyū.

## Yamamoto Kansuke

* Yamamoto Kansuke was the subject of the 1969 film Samurai Banners, directed by Hiroshi Inagaki, where the role of Kansuke was played by Toshiro Mifune.
* The 2007 NHK Taiga drama Fūrin Kazan (風林火山) features Yamamoto Kansuke as the main character (played by Uchino Masaaki). It is based on the novel by Yasushi Inoue.
* Kansuke also appears in the Yoshihiro Takahashi's manga Kacchu no Senshi Gamu.
* He is also featured as one of the generals in the strategy game Civilization IV: Warlords.
* Kansuke appears as a minor character in the social romance sim Samurai Love Ballad (天下統一恋の乱 Love Ballad) produced by Voltage (company).
* A statue of Kansuke appears in a Sony Spider-Man video game.
* Yamamoto Kansuke was portrayed by Isao Natsuyagi in the 1990 Japanese movie Heaven and Earth (天と地と, Ten to chi to)

## Yasuke

* In 1968, author Yoshio Kurusu published a children's book, Kurosuke, about Yasuke.
* Yasuke appears in the 2005 to 2017 manga series Hyouge Mono.
* Yasuke is featured in the 2016 to 2020 manga The Man Who Killed Nobunaga.
* Yasuke appears in the 2017 game Nioh, where he is manipulated by Edward Kelley into helping revive Oda Nobunaga, believing the latter can finally grant him the title of samurai. After William defeats him, Yasuke sees the errors of his ways, granting the former a piece of his Guardian Spirit.
** In the sequel, Nioh 2, Yasuke can be optionally fought as a sparring opponent in a match Nobunaga sets up. During the burning of Honnoji Temple, Yasuke is ordered by Nobunaga to not let anyone claim the latter's corpse. He can be found by the protagonist afterwards with Nobunaga's corpse in his possession.
* A character named Yasuke appears in the time-travel manga Nobunaga Concerto.
* Yasuke is the protagonist of the eponymous Netflix ONA series Yasuke, released in 2021.
* Koei Tecmo's 2021 game, Samurai Warriors 5, adds Yasuke as a playable character.
* It has been claimed that the Afro Samurai franchise is based on Yasuke.
* Yasuke is the main protagonist Assassin's Creed Shadows game.